Kim Jong Un and the bomb
Survival and deterrence in North Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9920482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher J Watterson (0000-0003-4638-169X, King's College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1425-1426 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiaa143 |
| OpenAlex | W3084317199 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Since coming to power in 2011, Kim Jong-un has overseen a remarkable transformation of the North Korean nuclear weapons programme, from a subject of international ridicule to a major destabilizing force in east Asian politics and a credible threat to the US homeland. During his tenure, North Korea has unlocked thermonuclear devices orders of magnitude more powerful than traditional fission bombs; established an inchoate submarine-based nuclear deterrent; and successfully test-launched nuclear-capable short-, intermediate- and intercontinental-range ballistic missiles, putting targets from Seoul to Tokyo to Washington DC within reach. How did a young, rotund, chain-smoking autocrat with no political experience and leading a country with a severely curtailed economic and technological base achieve this feat? This is the question asked and answered by Ankit Panda in Kim Jong Un and the bomb: survival and deterrence in North Korea. Over more than 300 pages, Panda describes in meticulous detail the development
Autocracy · Ballistic missile · Democracy · Deterrence theory · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · International trade · Missile · Nuclear weapon · Political science · Politics · History · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law
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Deliberate Nuclear First Use in an Era of Asymmetry
| Citations per year | 1.6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |